Wind in My Sails

Chapter 6

"I'll be sad to see you go." Porcelain said.

Blaine smiled. "I'll be sad to go. I really enjoyed being on board."

"I don't see how. Some of these women are rough."

"You mean like Captain Sly?"

"She doesn't hate you. She's just like that to everyone." Porcelain assured him.

"But why? What could have possibly happened to that woman to make her so mean?"

Porcelain shrugged.

Blaine left it alone and laid back in his bunk. "Do you want your clothes back?"

Porcelain was used to the quiet. "What?"

"The clothes you let me borrow. Do you want them back?" Blaine turned and looked underneath him at Porcelain.

Porcelain shrugged. "I can always get more clothes."

"Thank you." Blaine straightened out in his bed. "I know not how it'll be to be back in Persia. Our father was widowed and we didn't have many servants."

"I'm sure you'll have someone looking forward to your return."

Blaine felt safe in the dark so he spoke his fears. "I fear that may not be true. We have no other family and we are of age now. No one will want us."

Porcelain was quiet so long, Blaine thought he fell asleep. "Ask Sly to stay."

Blaine started. He heard when Porcelain turned and realized he was well on his way to sleep so he made up his mind to do just that. In the morning.

pagebreak

"Sir?" Finn approached Shue cautiously.

"What is it?" Shue grumbled.

"We've arrived at port. Do you want us to gather supplies or search for word of the pirates?"

"Both. Though it'll do no good. They're long gone, if they were ever here a'tall."

Finn had never seen his captain like this. True, Shue enjoyed a drink every now and again but he never got sloshed on the job and certainly never enough to where he spoke so forlornly. "We'll find them, Sir."

"It's been ten months!" Shue spat.

"Aye but the world is only so big."

Shue chuckled darkly. "Tis true, first mate. Tis true."

Finn hoped that chuckle would put his captain in a better mood. "I'll send the men out."

"Go with them. Have a drink on me."

Finn's lips twisted before he left. They had to find the pirates and quick!

pagebreak

"Land ho!" Kit shouted.

"Finally! I'm ready to get off this forsaken boat!" MA grumbled.

"You've been crabby all morning." Q noticed. "What happened to the nice girl that was here for the past six months?"

"I want this brat out. I'm sick of carrying it."

"She's allowed to have an off day." MC rubbed her sister's belly.

"Considering she's been so sweet and nice these last months, I say she's earned it." Satan cracked.

T swatted her.

"Go get Blaine and Rachel. It's time for them to leave." Q pushed MA gently.

"I can't wait for them to be gone." MA walked off.